Power strips are an extremely popular household item, helpful when homeowners use more devices with electrical cords than the nearest wall outlet can handle. However, overloading a power strip can cause a fire. Insurance investigators determined that an overloaded power strip caused a Dec. 2 garage fire on Terra Granada Drive, said Jeroen Wright, d...

It’s a complicated, time-consuming process to start a new public university from the San Joaquin Valley ground up. Keith Alley was one of many people who lent his talents to converting a public golf course into the University of California, Merced, the newest of 10 schools that make up the UC system. “I’m so proud of it; it’s the most important (pr...

Donors replace statue that was stolen in 2019 The eagle has landed, once again. The flying eagle statue, that is. Thanks to the generosity of donors in Mutual 68, a treasured flying eagle statue has been replaced after the original mysteriously vanished nearly seven years ago from Flying Eagle Park in the Eagle Ridge neighborhood. The eagle now sta...

But community is still no closer to ‘full replacement’ coverage The good news about Rossmoor’s property insurance situation: Premium rates, for the second consecutive year, are going down. The bad news is that Rossmoor still can’t get as much coverage as it needs, whatever the price. “We still are not going to be in any place where we’re going to h...

Though it may or may not create a fully functional “key performance indicator” evaluation template by the time its last scheduled meeting adjourns in April, the Community Services Key Performance Indicators (KPI) Task Force will at least be making strides toward better analysis of a few Rossmoor departments, and what could KPI: Outcome of task forc...

Joe Potozkin reflects on education, sports, family When Joe Potozkin looks back at his 100 years, there’s much on which to reflect. Potozkin, a World War II U.S. Navy veteran, turned 100 on Jan. 23. Asked about his secret to reaching that magic number, he put it simply. “Well, it’s not sweating the small stuff,” he said during a recent interview in...

Saying it will allow upper managers more time to focus on high-level management responsibilities and less on day-to-day oversight, ultimately resulting in better service to Rossmoor’s Mutuals, RWC Property Management (RPM) announced a comprehensive organizational restructuring last week, moving to a specialized “Service Team” model. That plan invol...

With an image of Matt Damon as reprogrammed film assassin Jason Bourne behind him, author, professor and psychiatric researcher Joel Dimsdale discussed the fictional plot of government scientists “blowing up” Bourne’s memory and reshaping him into a killer. But, according to Dimsdale, the idea wasn’t complete fiction. “All that happened, except for...

The RWC Board reviewed a $7.94 million 2026 Capital Projects priority list that includes a new Dollar House Master Plan plus ongoing expenditures for construction of the pickleball building ($4.36 million, set to open this spring), scheduled street paving work ($1 million), replacing bridges over Tice Creek on the golf courses ($656,000), golf cour...

Golden Pear offers discounts at owner’s other restaurants The restaurant replacing the Creekside Grill is quickly taking shape with lots of progress being made, including a name change. Initially expected to be called The Pear at Rossmoor, the restaurant in the Creekside Complex will now be known as The Golden Pear. “A golden pear symbolizes prospe...